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2025 Western Australian state election
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All 59 seats in the Western Australian Legislative Assembly
and all 37 members in the Western Australian Legislative Council
30 Assembly seats are needed for a majority
Opinion polls
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Leader Roger Cook Libby Mettam Shane Love
Party Labor Liberal National
Leader since 6 June 2023 30 January 2023 30 January 2023
Leader's seat Kwinana Vasse Mid-West
Last election 53 seats, 59.92% 2 seats, 21.30% 4 seats, 4.00%
Seats before 53 3[a] 3[a]
Seats won 46 7 6
Seat change Decrease 7 Increase 4 Increase 3
Primary vote 633,093 428,105 78,753
Percentage 41.4% 28.0% 5.2%
Swing Decrease 18.5 Increase 6.7 Increase 1.2
TPP 57.1% 42.9%
TPP swing Decrease 12.5 Increase 12.5
Current leading margin by electorate
Premier before election

Roger Cook
Labor

Elected Premier

Roger Cook
Labor

The 2025 Western Australian state election was held on 8 March 2025 to elect members to the Parliament of Western Australia, where all 59 seats in the Legislative Assembly and all 37 seats in the Legislative Council were up for election.

The Labor government, led by Premier Roger Cook, won a third consecutive four-year term in a landslide, becoming the first party to win a third term in Western Australia since 1989.[4] Labor were challenged by the Liberal Party, led by Libby Mettam and by the National Party, led by Opposition Leader Shane Love.

This was Labor's third consecutive landslide victory since winning government in 2017 and Labor's second best result after the previous 2021 state election. Labor won 46 seats in the lower house, a decrease of seven seats from their 2021 result. The Liberal Party won 7 seats while the National Party won 6, ensuring that the Liberals returned to official opposition status in the parliament.[5] Labor's primary vote fell by over 18 points to 41.4%, while the Liberal vote increased by more than six and a half percent to 28% and the National vote was 5.2% (up 1.2%).

In the Legislative Council, Labor won 16 seats, the Liberals 10 and Nationals 2; while minor party the Greens won 4 seats. Other minor parties that earned representation in the Council include One Nation, Legalise Cannabis and Australian Christians, who each claimed 1 seat.[6]

Candidates were elected in single-member seats in the Legislative Assembly via full-preferential instant-runoff voting. In the Legislative Council, 37 candidates were elected using single transferable voting across the state, which functioned as a single electorate. Amendments made to electoral law had increased the size of the Legislative Council by one member at this election and also had abolished the former system of six regions of unequal population that each elected six members using single transferable voting.

Results

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The election was called for the incumbent Labor government just after 7:40pm Australian Western Standard Time (AWST).[7]

Legislative Assembly

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Results by electoral district as of 8 March (shaded by winning party).
  Labor
  Liberal
  National
Main article: Results of the 2025 Western Australian state election (Legislative Assembly)
PartyVotes%+/–Seats+/–
Labor633,09341.43Decrease 18.4946Decrease 7
Liberal428,10528.02Increase 6.717Increase 5
Greens169,00711.06Increase 4.140Steady 0
National78,7535.15Increase 1.166Increase 2
One Nation61,1744.00Increase 2.740Steady 0
Independents50,4883.30Increase 2.500Steady 0
Australian Christians48,4073.17Increase 1.690Steady 0
Legalise Cannabis37,8642.48Increase 2.120Steady 0
Shooters, Fishers and Farmers11,2530.74Increase 0.050Steady 0
Animal Justice Party6,8780.45Increase 0.450Steady 0
Stop Pedophiles! Protect kiddies!2,0210.13Increase 0.130Steady 0
Libertarian9280.06Increase 0.060Steady 0
Total1,527,971100.00–59–
Valid votes1,527,97195.68Decrease 0.56
Invalid/blank votes69,0714.32Increase 0.56
Total votes1,597,042100.00–
Registered voters/turnout1,868,94685.45Decrease 0.01
Source: [1] [2]

Legislative Council

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Main article: Results of the 2025 Western Australian state election (Legislative Council)
83.14% reporting
PartyVotes%+/–Seats
Labor624,52341.49Decrease 18.8516
Liberal415,47727.60Increase 9.9210
Greens161,38210.72Increase 4.344
National81,5405.42Increase 2.622
One Nation55,5663.69Increase 2.211
Legalise Cannabis42,1252.80Increase 0.821
Australian Christians38,7062.57Increase 0.621
Independents18,4331.22Increase 0.42–
Animal Justice Party17,8781.19Increase 0.51–
Sustainable Australia Party14,7550.98Increase 0.67–
Stop Pedophiles! Protect kiddies!14,1400.94Increase 0.94–
Shooters, Fishers and Farmers11,6030.77Decrease 0.70–
Libertarian9,2900.62Decrease 0.02–
Total1,505,418100.00–35
Valid votes1,505,41896.88Decrease 1.17
Invalid/blank votes48,4863.12Increase 1.17
Total votes1,553,904100.00–
Registered voters/turnout1,868,93683.14Decrease 4.38
Source: [3] [4]

Seats changing hands

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Members in italics did not recontest their seats.

Seat Pre-election Swing Post-election
Party Member Margin Margin Member Party
Albany Labor Rebecca Stephens 11.0 17.3 6.3 Scott Leary National
Carine Labor Paul Lilburne 3.9 11.5 7.6 Liam Staltari Liberal
Churchlands Labor Christine Tonkin 1.5 2.7 1.1 Basil Zempilas Liberal
Geraldton Labor Lara Dalton 9.5 22.8 13.5 Kirrilee Warr National
Kalamunda Labor Matthew Hughes 14.5 14.7 0.1 Adam Hort Liberal
Murray-Wellington Labor Robyn Clarke 17.2 18.7 1.5 David Bolt Liberal
Nedlands Labor Katrina Stratton 3.1 6.3 3.2 Jonathan Huston Liberal
Warren-Blackwood Labor Jane Kelsbie 2.3 3.9 1.6 Bevan Eatts National

Background

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The 2021 state election saw Labor win one of the most comprehensive victories on record at the state or territory level in Australia. It won 53 of the 59 seats, surpassing its own record set four years earlier for the largest government majority and seat tally in Western Australian parliamentary history.[8][9]

In May 2023, McGowan resigned the premiership, saying he was "exhausted".[10]

Since the 2021 election, there have been two by-elections. North West Central elected a new member upon the resignation of Vince Catania.[11] Rockingham also elected a new member after former premier Mark McGowan retired from politics. Labor retained this seat with their candidate Magenta Marshall.[12] Merome Beard, the winner of the North West Central by-election defected from the National Party to the Liberal Party in October 2023 and stood as the Liberal Party's candidate in this election.[13]

Registered parties

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The following parties are registered with the Western Australian Electoral Commission:[14]

Electoral system

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Candidates are elected to single-member seats in the Legislative Assembly via full-preferential instant-runoff voting. In the Legislative Council, 37 candidates are elected across the state, which functions as a single electorate. They are to be elected using single transferable voting.

Legislative Council voting changes

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In September 2021, the McGowan Labor Government introduced the "one vote, one value" legislation to change the voting system for the Legislative Council at this election. Under the then-existing voting system for the upper house, which had been in place since 2005, voters were divided into six regions of unequal weight, each of whom were responsible for electing six candidates (36 in total). Three of the regions were based in metropolitan Perth, and three in the regions. This meant that the Mining and Pastoral region had as many voters as only 16% of the number of electors in the three metropolitan regions on average.[15][16] The government first proposed abolishing the regions and replacing them with what it called a "one vote, one value" system.

Instead, 37 members will be elected from a single statewide constituency using single transferable voting (STV). This increased the size of the council by one seat. Group voting tickets would also be abolished. (They were abolished for the federal Senate in 2016 and are currently used only for the Victorian Legislative Council.)[17] Votes are to be cast under a semi-optional preferential form of STV using above-the-line voting. It will require electors to vote for one or more preferred parties above the dividing line on the ballot paper, or at least 20 candidates below the dividing line. The legislation passed the parliament on 17 November 2021 and received royal assent seven days thereafter.[18][19]

Electing 37 members of the Legislative Council at one time is the largest district magnitude seen in STV any time in history.

Redistribution

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Map
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Electoral districts of the Western Australian Legislative Assembly for the 2021 state election
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Electoral districts of the Western Australian Legislative Assembly for the 2025 state election

The Western Australian Electoral Commission conducted a redistribution of the boundaries of all 59 electoral districts. The final boundaries for the electoral districts were released on 1 December 2023.[20]

The seats of Moore and North West Central were merged to create a new seat, Mid-West.[20] The merger of two rural seats into one was matched by the creation of a new seat in Perth, Oakford, which covers growing suburbs between Armadale and the Kwinana Freeway.[20]

According to psephologist Antony Green, the Coalition will need a combined swing of 23.4% to gain the 24 seats needed to form a majority government.[20]

On the new boundaries, there are 17 seats with margins under 15%, which will be regarded as "key seats". (Green described these as "marginal seats" due to the extent of Labor's landslide in 2021, as normally a margin of over 15% would be considered a safe seat.)

Changes to electorates of the Legislative Assembly

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Current seat 2021 election New seat 2023 redistribution
Party Member Margin Party Member Margin*
Burns Beach Labor Mark Folkard 26.9 Mindarie Labor Notional 23.1
Mirrabooka Labor Meredith Hammat 33.7 Girrawheen Labor Notional 33.4
Moore Nationals Shane Love 8.5 Mid-West Nationals Notional 8.6
North-West Central Nationals Vince Catania 1.7
New seat Oakford Labor Notional 27.7
Warnbro Labor Paul Papalia 33.4 Secret Harbour Labor Notional 31.3
Willagee Labor Peter Tinley 27.1 Bibra Lake Labor Notional 28.2
*These margins are notional, being calculated by Antony Green to take account of the 2023 redistribution. As such, it may vary from the 2021 election results.

Key dates

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Elections are scheduled for the second Saturday of March every four years, in line with legislative changes made in 2011.[21]

While the Legislative Assembly has fixed four-year terms, the Governor of Western Australia may still dissolve the Assembly and call an election early on the advice of the Premier.[22]

Key dates of this election were:

Date Event
3 January 2025 Postal vote applications open
13 February 2025 Last day to join the electoral roll, 6:00 PM
24 February 2025 Early voting opens
5 March 2025 Last day to apply for postal vote, 6:00 PM
8 March 2025 Election day, 8:00 AM – 6:00 PM
13 March 2025 Last day for postal votes to be returned, 9:00 PM
Source: [23]

Retiring MPs

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Labor

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Liberal

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National

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Independent

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Candidates

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Main article: Candidates of the 2025 Western Australian state election

Electoral pendulums

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Pre-election pendulum

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This is a pre-election pendulum, taking into account the 2023 boundary redistribution. Estimated margins are calculated by Antony Green for the Western Australian Parliamentary Library.[49] Retiring members are shown in italics.

Government seats
Marginal
Churchlands Christine Tonkin ALP 1.6
Warren-Blackwood Jane Kelsbie ALP v NAT 2.2
Nedlands Katrina Stratton ALP 3.1
Carine Paul Lilburne ALP 3.9
Fairly safe
Bateman Kim Giddens ALP 6.7
Geraldton Lara Dalton ALP v NAT 9.3
Scarborough Stuart Aubrey ALP 9.5
Safe
South Perth Geoff Baker ALP 10.1
Riverton Jags Krishnan ALP 10.9
Albany Rebecca Stephens ALP 11.0
Kalgoorlie Ali Kent ALP 11.2
Dawesville Lisa Munday ALP 13.1
Darling Range Hugh Jones ALP 14.1
Kalamunda Matthew Hughes ALP 14.5
Fremantle Simone McGurk ALP v GRN 15.7
Bicton Lisa O'Malley ALP 16.2
Kingsley Jessica Stojkovski ALP 16.9
Murray-Wellington Robyn Clarke ALP 17.3
Pilbara Kevin Michel ALP v NAT 17.6
Jandakot vacant ALP 18.2
Hillarys Caitlin Collins ALP 18.7
Very safe
Kimberley Divina D'Anna ALP 21.4
Mount Lawley Simon Millman ALP 21.9
Bunbury Don Punch ALP 22.5
Forrestfield Stephen Price ALP 22.9
Collie-Preston Jodie Hanns ALP 23.3
Mandurah David Templeman ALP 24.2
Joondalup Emily Hamilton ALP 25.5
Landsdale Margaret Quirk ALP 25.6
Balcatta David Michael ALP 25.8
Midland Michelle Roberts ALP 26.9
Swan Hills Jessica Shaw ALP 27.3
Oakford Yaz Mubarakai ALP 27.7
Victoria Park Hannah Beazley ALP 27.7
Mindarie Mark Folkard ALP 27.9
Morley Amber-Jade Sanderson ALP 27.9
Cockburn David Scaife ALP 28.1
Bibra Lake Peter Tinley ALP 28.2
Wanneroo Sabine Winton ALP 28.5
Perth John Carey ALP 29.2
Maylands Lisa Baker ALP 29.3
Belmont Cassie Rowe ALP 29.4
Thornlie Chris Tallentire ALP 30.6
Cannington Bill Johnston ALP 30.7
Secret Harbour Paul Papalia ALP 31.3
Bassendean Dave Kelly ALP 31.7
Butler John Quigley ALP 32.6
Southern River Terry Healy ALP 33.1
Girrawheen Meredith Hammat ALP 33.4
Armadale Tony Buti ALP 33.8
West Swan Rita Saffioti ALP 34.8
Baldivis Reece Whitby ALP 35.8
Rockingham Magenta Marshall ALP 37.7
Kwinana Roger Cook ALP 38.2
Non-government seats
Fairly safe
Mid-West Shane Love NAT 8.6
Central Wheatbelt Mia Davies NAT 9.3
Safe
Roe Peter Rundle NAT 12.2
Crossbench seats
Vasse Libby Mettam LIB 4.3
Cottesloe David Honey LIB 7.4

Post-election pendulum

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Government seats
Marginal
Pilbara Kevin Michel ALP 0.6
Fremantle Simone McGurk ALP 0.8 v IND
Dawesville Lisa Munday ALP 1.3
Kalgoorlie Ali Kent ALP 1.6
South Perth Geoff Baker ALP 1.6
Bateman Kim Giddens ALP 3.3
Kingsley Jessica Stojkovski ALP 3.5
Forrestfield Stephen Price ALP 4.1
Riverton Jags Krishnan ALP 4.2
Collie-Preston Jodie Hanns ALP 4.3
Scarborough Stuart Aubrey ALP 5.0
Darling Range Hugh Jones ALP 5.1
Fairly safe
Joondalup Emily Hamilton ALP 6.3
Jandakot Stephen Pratt ALP 6.4
Bunbury Don Punch ALP 7.1
Swan Hills Michelle Maynard ALP 8.4
Bicton Lisa O'Malley ALP 9.3
Mandurah Rhys Williams ALP 9.5
Landsdale Daniel Pastorelli ALP 9.6
Safe
Hillarys Caitlin Collins ALP 10.1
Mount Lawley Frank Paolino ALP 10.7
Midland Steve Catania ALP 10.9
Mindarie Mark Folkard ALP 11.3
Secret Harbour Paul Papalia ALP 11.5
Rockingham Magenta Marshall ALP 11.8
Oakford Yaz Mubarakai ALP 11.9
Morley Amber-Jade Sanderson ALP 12.0
Wanneroo Sabine Winton ALP 12.5
Kimberley Divina D'Anna ALP 14.0
Thornlie Colleen Egan ALP 14.0 v IND
Bibra Lake Sook Yee Lai ALP 14.2 v GRN
Balcatta David Michael ALP 14.5
Butler Lorna Clarke ALP 14.7
Bassendean Dave Kelly ALP 15.7 v IND
Victoria Park Hannah Beazley ALP 16.7
Baldivis Reece Whitby ALP 16.7
Cockburn David Scaife ALP 17.8
Cannington Ron Sao ALP 17.9
Armadale Tony Buti ALP 18.9
Belmont Cassie Rowe ALP 19.4
Very safe
Perth John Carey ALP 21.0
West Swan Rita Saffioti ALP 21.2
Girrawheen Meredith Hammat ALP 21.3
Maylands Dan Bull ALP 22.5
Southern River Terry Healy ALP 23.4
Kwinana Roger Cook ALP 25.0
Non-government seats
Marginal
Kalamunda Adam Hort LIB 0.1
Churchlands Basil Zempilas LIB 1.1
Murray-Wellington David Bolt LIB 1.7
Nedlands Jonathan Huston LIB 2.7
Cottesloe Sandra Brewer LIB 5.6 v IND
Fairly safe
Carine Liam Staltari LIB 7.6
Safe
Vasse Libby Mettam LIB 13.4
Crossbench seats
Warren-Blackwood Bevan Eatts NAT 1.8
Albany Scott Leary NAT 6.3
Mid-West Shane Love NAT 13.7 v LIB
Geraldton Kirrilee Warr NAT 14.1
Central Wheatbelt Lachlan Hunter NAT 23.3
Roe Peter Rundle NAT 25.1 v LIB

Opinion polling

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Primary vote opinion polling for the Western Australian 2025 election with a local regression (LOESS) trendline for each party.
Two-party-preferred opinion polling for the Western Australian 2025 election with a local regression (LOESS) trendline for each party.

Voting intention

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Legislative Assembly (lower house) polling
Date Firm Sample Primary vote TPP vote
ALP LIB NAT GRN ONP OTH ALP LIB
8 March 2025 election N/A 41.4% 28.0% 5.2% 11.1% 4.0% 10.3% 57.1% 42.9%
4 – 5 March 2025 Demos AU[50][51] 1126 43% 30% 5% 11% — 11% 57% 43%
27 February – 5 March 2025 Newspoll[52] 1061 44% 29% 5% 10% 3% 9% 57.5% 42.5%
29 January – 4 February 2025 Newspoll[53] 1039 42% 32% 3% 12% 4% 7% 56% 44%
30 October – 4 November 2024 Demos AU[54][55][56] 948 41% 34% 4% 12% — 9% 56% 44%
September 2024 Freshwater[57] 1045 39% 32% 6% 11% — 12% 55% 45%
August 2024 Wolf & Smith[58][59][60] 878 37% 29% 3% 12% 4% 15% 55% 45%
July 2024 Freshwater[61] 1000 39% 33% 5% 12% 2% 9% 56% 44%
14 December 2023 Redbridge[62] 1200 44% 29% 4% 11% 3% 9% 59% 41%
23 July 2023 Utting Research[63] 1000 32% 37% 6% 10% — 15% 46% 54%
31 May 2023 Utting Research[64] 800 52% 28% 5% 8% — 7% 61% 39%
13 March 2021 election N/A 59.9% 21.3% 4.0% 6.9% 1.3% 6.6% 69.7% 30.3%

Preferred Premier

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Date Firm Sample Preferred Premier
Cook Mettam Don't know
4 – 5 March 2025 Demos AU[50][51] 1126 47% 32% 21%
27 February – 5 March 2025 Newspoll[52] 1061 53% 34% 13%
29 January – 4 February 2025 Newspoll[53] 1039 54% 34% 12%
30 October – 4 November 2024 Demos AU[54][55][65] 948 42% 29% 29%
September 2024 Freshwater[57] 1045 46% 34% 20%
31 May 2023 Utting Research[64] 800 50% 24% 26%

Satisfaction ratings

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Date Firm Sample Cook Mettam
Satisfied Dissatisfied Don't know Net Satisfied Dissatisfied Don't know Net
27 February – 5 March 2025 Newspoll[52] 1061 55% 38% 7% +17% 43% 42% 15% +1%
29 January – 4 February 2025 Newspoll[53] 1039 55% 37% 8% +18% 39% 41% 20% –2%
23 July 2023 Utting Research[63] 1000 27% 37% 36% –10% 31% 24% 45% +7%
31 May 2023 Utting Research[64] 800 42% 26% 32% +16% 31% 33% 36% –2%
Date Firm Sample McGowan Mettam
Satisfied Dissatisfied Don't know Net Satisfied Dissatisfied Don't know Net
11 Mar 2023 Painted Dog Research[66] 1052 63% 24% 13% +39% 24% 18% 58% +6%
Date Firm Sample McGowan Honey
Satisfied Dissatisfied Don't know Net Satisfied Dissatisfied Don't know Net
19–21 Oct 2022 Painted Dog Research[67] 637 70% 18% 12% +52% 9% 31% 60% –22%

Notes

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  1. ^ a b In late October 2023, Merome Beard, National MP for the rural electorate of North West Central, defected to the Liberal Party.[2][3]

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